Detachable button for use on wearing apparel



Dec.' 14 1926.

G. F. HIGHT ETAL DETACHABLE BUTTON FOR USE oN WEARING APPAREL Filed August 27, 1925 Patented Dec. 14, 1926.

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GEORGE FARGHER EIGHT AND THOELAS WILLIAM B301F15.' GF .AUC/ILANJD, NEX/V ZEALAND.

DETACHABLE BUTTON FOR USE 0N "WEAR/ING APEAREL. Y

Application filed August 2*?, 1925. Serial No. 52,862, and in New Zealand September 12, 1924.

This invention relates to buttons used for fastening or securing wearing apparel and the like in position, and has for its object the provision of an improved detachable at that point or position on the latter where it is desired to secure said button.

This bar is provided with teeth and is placed so that one of its ends projects beyond the edge of the fabric while the teeth are passed through the fabric at a short distance from the edge of the latter.

rThe projecting end of the bar is formed to provide a guide through which a wedge shaped member is slidable, said wedge shaped member, on being forced inwards through the guide, being adapted to pass on the opposite side of the fabric to that side against which the button carrying bar has been positioned.

This slidable member, on being forced inwards through its guide, contacts with the points of the teeth 'passed through the fabric from the but-ton carrying bar, and when wedged firmly in its guide causes the device to be clamped to the fabric and prevents the withdrawal of said teeth from the latter, the device being released or detached from the garment by sliding the wedge shaped member outwards through its guide until the button carrying bar can be operated to withdraw its teeth from the fabric` The invention will be more particularly7 described with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein z- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the button secured in position on a garment or the like, and

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the vdevice positioned on a garment but viewed from the opposite side to that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is apart sectional elevation of the device positioned on a garment or the like, but with the wedge shaped member withdrawn to free the points of the teeth on the button carrying bar while,

Figure i is a similar view to Figure 3 but thon/'ing the wedge shaped member forced inwards through its guide to lock or clamp the device on the garment. y

A button 1 of any desired shape, size and design or material is riveted or otherwise secured to one side of a. fiat bar 2 which is adapted to be positioned against the outer side of the fabric 3 of a garment or the like at that point or position on the latter, wherev it is desired to secure said button.

The bar 2 is positioned so that its end 2a projects slightly beyond the edge of the fabric 3, while its other or inner end 2b is bent and serrated to provide a number of tooth shaped projections adapted tol be entered in and passed through the fabric 3 at a short distance from the edge of the latter.

rThe outer or projecting end 2aM of the button carrying bar 2 is formed to provide a guide 4t through which a member 5 is slidable lengthwise. This member' 5 is wedge shaped at its outer end, that is, said member 5 decreases in thickness, but not in width, from its outer end towards its inner end, the latter being adapted to be passed on he inner side of the fabric 3, on the opposite side of the latter to that side on. which the button carrying bar 2 is positioned.

To secure the button 1 in position on the garment, the member 5 is forced through its guide lin an inward direction so that its inner end contacts against the points of the teeth formed on the button carrying bar 2, which teeth have been passed through the fabric 3. As the inner end of the member 5 comes into Contact with the points of the teeth, its wedge shaped outer end enters theI p guide 4 with the result that the said member 5 is securely held in position against the teeth on the button carrying bar 2 by the engagement or wedging of its outer end in the guided, and the fabric 3 is clamped between said member 5 and said bar 2.

The button 1 is thereby firmly held on the garment by reason of the fact that so long as the member 5 remains in its innermost position it is clamped against the points of the teeth on the button carrying bar 2 and said teeth cannot be withdrawn from the fabric 3 until the member 5 is moved outwards through its guide i away from said teeth.

The inner end of the member 5 is extended in width, as at 6 so that on the said member moved through its guide e to, its outM ermoet er disengaged position, as' shown in Figure of theaccompanying drawing, such portion 6 will be unable to pass through the guide 4:, andthe member 5 and button carrying bar 2 will therefore, at all times, be held together to form a single unit.` k

Additional teeth can, it' desired, be formed on the button carrying bar 2 midway ofy its length as indicated at 7 in order to provide for a more distributed grip. of the device on the fabric 3 of the garment.

`Having thus described our invention, we declare that what 'We claim and ldesi-re to obtain by Letters Patent oit' the United Statesof America, is v K y. l .A device `for the purpose specified, com,- rising a bitton secured to a. bar adapted to Ee positonedagainst one side onlyT ot the ab'ri'c of a garment or the like; teeth formed on said' button carrying bar, anda guide at one ,end thereof; a wedge shaped member slidable ,throughsajld guide on the opposite side ofthe fabric to the button carrying bar so as to clamp the fabric and retain the teeth therein. .Y f I i2. A devicefor the purpose specified, according` to claim 1 wherein the button carrying b ar is bent and serrated at its inner end to .provide teeth adapted to be passed through theabriqand )vherein'the outer end of the said button carrying bar is extended beyond theedge of Asaid fabric .and is formed to s h A provide a ,guide through which a wedge shaped member is slidable on the opposite side of the fabric to that side of the latter against which the button carrying bar is placed.

A 3, A. device 'for the` purpose specified, according` to claim 1,'Wherei`n the Wedge shaped member, decreases in thickness from its outer end towards its inner end, and is adapted. on: beingforced i-invardsy through the guide on the buttoncarrvying bar, to press its inner end against the points of the teeth ron the latter, passed through,thefabric, to prevent the Withdrawal of said teeth from the fabric.

.4., Awdevicevfor the purposeI specified, according to claim l, wherein the inner Aend of the Wedge shapedmember is increased in Width, in order to `prevenntthe complete W ithdraival of the said .me1nber through the guide onthe button 'carrying bar, on said member being moved through the latter to its outermost or 'disengaged position. t o

Signed at Auckland, in the Provincial District of ucllanthin the Boininion ot Newv Zealand, this 24th day of July, A. D.

1925. Y -f i GEORGE FARGHER EIGHT.` THOMAS WILLIAM BRO'VN. 

